DIY Paint Your Shoes Part 2

Here are some more pictures. Matt has our camera so I've been over-using Hipstamatic on my seriously old iPhone, but I think they're cool and am sort of in love with the auto-filtration, it makes me feel like I'm looking through my grandma's scrapbook, and all the pictures are brittle and square. My grandmother was absolutely stunning; photo below. Actually both of my grandma's are gorgeous. I just went and looked and I don't have any scanned photos of my grandmas. That's out of control and I'm going to focus some energy on scanning all of my beloved photos. Flickr's the new scrapbook for me and I think I'll just surrender the idea of making tangible ones and get all the important ones online so I don't lose them, they don't deteriorate more and I don't spend thousands of dollars on scrap booking. I'll keep the ones I have, and protect them from the elements, but it'd be nice to have that weight off of me, I've been wanting to do something official with all my photos for years. Does everyone feel the way I do about technology? Do you feel like a digital image can be as sentimental as a tangible object?

 Sorry, side tracked, here are the pictures of future shoe projects and various steps of the DIY Shoe Painting Project, including more views of my red shoes!

Hooray!

The straps are a little tricky but patience goes a long way with this project. Wait for the shoe to dry as much as possible and lay out the strap nicely so you can paint it evenly, wait for one side to dry, then do the other. Or throw caution to the wind and paint the hell out of them.

And here are my newly finished wonder woman blue shoes. My shoes have super hero powers!

These were blah gray before. Don't get me wrong, I love gray, but these were not inspiring. Now they are!

The right most pair is destined to be a fuchsia, plum or magenta color; I haven't decided on the others.

Question: Doesn't everyone have too many pairs of black shoes (as documented as the middle pair in the photo). If the answer is yes, then you have no reason to hesitate going to Ace Hardware (they have the best color selection around here), and pick out a fantastic plum or deep orange for the fall - go for it, and then find a scarf or belt and purse that coordinates or matches and wear them all the time

Note that I taped the buckle on the light brown shoes, this is an important step because spray paint does not easily scrape off metal - as I learned the hard way and had to spend several minutes fixing my red shoes, and you know how excited I was to wear them, it was agony.

Also check out those fantastic oxfords, in my size! I couldn't believe that I found some for my feet for $7.99 (Savers - my favorite thrift store) and they look like they've barely been worn! I bought them even though they're poopy brown, and I was secretly wanting off-white or teal or such a good find that they would cost $200. I was thinking I could build an outfit around them, but now I can make them work for my wardrobe! And the possibilities are endless! What color do you think I should paint these?